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As police waited, children inside Texas school called 911 begging for help

UVALDE, Texas — Children inside a Texas elementary school begged the police to enter their classroom and save them, repeatedly calling 911, as a team of 19 police officers waited in the corridor for an hour because a commander believed the situation had shifted from active shooter to a barricaded…

Los Angeles Times

Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage

The suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks

The Independent UK

90 minutes of terror: Questions mount over Texas shooting

With pressure mounting to explain the delayed police response to the massacre at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers, Gov. Greg Abbott scrapped plans to attend the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Houston and will travel to the grieving town of Uvalde on Friday…

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What we know about the victims of the Uvalde school shooting

Two teachers and 19 students were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, making it the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. At least four others were injured.

WEKU

Students who survived Texas school attack describe scene

A young survivor of the massacre at a Texas elementary school says she covered herself with a friend’s blood and pretended to be dead while she waited for help to arrive

The Independent UK

Border officer rushed into Uvalde school with barber’s shotgun to save daughter and wife

An US Border Patrol officer and father has recalled how he rushed into the Robb Elementary School with his barber’s pistol to mount a rescue mission.

The Independent UK

Texas cop says officers didn't rush to find gunman because 'they could have been shot'

Department of Safety Lieutenant Chris Olivarez suggested the officers locked evil gunman Salvador Ramos, 18, inside the classroom where he slaughtered 19 children and two heroic teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

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Questions arise over police delays with gunman inside school

Authorities say the 18-year-old gunman who killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school was in the building for over an hour before he was killed by law enforcement officers

The Independent UK

Eleven-year-old survivor of Texas school shooting reveals how she covered herself in blood and played dead

‘Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she could pretend she was dead,’ said the 11-year-old’s aunt

The Independent UK

Meghan Markle visits Texas school memorial to pay her respects to 'community experiencing unimaginable grief'

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, makes a visit to a memorial site for the victims involved in the deadly elementary school shooting in Texas ahead of a trip to the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

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Meghan Markle's impromptu visit to Texas shooting memorial - and her kind donation

Meghan Markle travelled to Uvalde, Texas, to lay flowers at a memorial to the victims of the Robb Elementary School massacre and she also visited a community centre holding a blood drive so she could donate food

Daily Mirror

Husband of teacher killed in Texas school shooting laid flowers for her hours before he died of ‘of grief’

Irma Garcia was killed in the Robb Elementary School massacre and her husband Joe died days after, leave behind four children

The Independent UK

Girl smears herself in pal's blood and plays dead to escape Texas school shooter

On Tuesday May 24, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos went to Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas and gunned down 19 children, some as young as seven, and two teachers

Daily Mirror

Texas school shooting: Senate minority 'holding America hostage' over gun control

Police in the US town of Uvalde, Texas are facing questions over why it took an hour to neutralise the gunman who murdered 19 small children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School. The tragedy comes amid increasing calls for greater gun control measures. Among the demands of campaigners are…

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The Independent UK

Texas shooting: Distraught mother ‘handcuffed’ in chaos outside school as another parent ‘pepper sprayed’

Parents of children at Robb Elementary School desperate to get inside claim police ‘did nothing’ as shooting went on

Evening Standard

Anger as police revise key details of Texas school shooting

Officials investigating the Uvalde mass school shooting have revised details about the initial police response.

WEKU

The evolving narrative of what happened at Uvalde the day of the shooting

Law enforcement is still investigating the shooting at Robb Elementary School. But accounts from officials have offered a confusing look at the timeline of Tuesday's shooting.

Daily Mirror

Mum of Texas school shooter admits he made her 'uneasy' and could be aggressive

Salvador Ramos, 18, gunned down 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, US, on May 24, with his mum Adrianna Reyes admitting he could be aggressive if he 'really got mad'

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Texas shooter's dad breaks silence after massacre saying 'he should have just killed me'

On Tuesday, May 24, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos approached Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and spent an hour inside a classroom and massacred 21 people including 19 children

Daily Record

Schoolgirl found and killed by Texas shooter after 'cops said to shout for help'

As Salvador Ramos opened fire at Robb Elementary school, a boy claims cops who were able to finally enter the building told hiding students to shout so they could locate them.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Police Face Questions over Their Response to Texas School Massacre

The gunman in the Texas school massacre barged unchallenged through an unlocked door, then killed 19 children and two teachers while holed up in their classroom for an hour before a tactical team stormed in and killed him, police said on Thursday. The latest official details from the Texas Department…

The Independent UK

NRA opens gun convention in Texas after school massacre

The National Rifle Association begins its annual convention in Houston on Friday, and leaders of the powerful gun-rights lobbying group are gearing up to “reflect on” — and deflect any blame for — the deadly shooting earlier this week of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in…

Tribune News Service

The meetings go on for the NRA, and guns are allowed, but not during Trump’s appearance

WASHINGTON — After at least 21 people, 19 of them children, were killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, the National Rifle Association said its deepest sympathies were with the families and victims “involved in this horrific and evil crime.”

Tribune News Service

Grandmother of Uvalde gunman, shot before he went to the school, in stable condition

FORT WORTH, Texas — The 66-year-old grandmother of the man who killed 21 people at a Southwest Texas elementary school Tuesday is in stable condition after police said the gunman shot her in the face before going to the school.

Tribune News Service

Marco Rubio slams Miami Heat’s call for fans to demand ‘common sense’ gun reforms after Texas school shooting

In the aftermath of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, the Miami Heat used a pre-game moment to urge fans to contact U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, both Florida Republicans, “demanding their support for common sense gun laws” — and telling them they can “make change at…

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